Paperback: 408 pages Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; New Ed edition (August 24, 2000) Language: English ISBN-10: 0192853716 In the introduction to the Oxford Illustrated History of Modern Europe, T.C.W. Blanning argues that, in many ways, the essence of modern man is that he is self-consciously dynamic. We are attracted to change–it captures the eye much more than stability. [...]
